Libraries

Vassar College History

Library Staff
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Vassar's Online Catalog
Example: Search using "Vassar College" in either the AUTHOR or SUBJECT field to find materials about or produced by the college.
VC Special Collections Guides
Guides to archival and manuscript collections in the the Archives and Special Collections Library.
VC Digital Library
Digitized versions of a variety of Vassar-related material including student diaries and letters, photographs, and other collections.
Vassar College Newspaper Archives
Includes the Miscellany Monthly (1872-1915), Miscellany News (1914-2011), Vassar Quarterly (1916-2015), Vassar Chronicle (1944-1978), Unscrewed (1978-1989), Vassar Spectator (1983-1993), Womanspeak (1987-1992), and Left of Center (1988-1992).

America: History and Life

Index to scholarship on U.S. and Canadian history. Date range: 1960-present
Expanded Academic ASAP Index
Index to articles in scholarly and popular English-language periodicals
New York Times
The NYT covered many events and developments of the college, especially in its first hundred years
Periodicals Archive Online
Archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Index Online, provides additional indexing for articles in over 4,700 periodicals.
Readers' Guide Abstracts and Retrospective

Abstracts of articles from popular magazines. Coverage: 1890 - present.

Digital Public Library of America
Portal to collections of historical material held by libraries and archives of academic, historical, and other cultural institutions across the United States.
Hathi Trust
Collaborative repository of digitized books, magazines, journals, and government publications. Materials date from approximately 1530-to 2020.
Hudson River Valley Heritage
Digital collection of historical materials from New York State's Hudson River Valley.
Internet Archive
Open access collection of digitized books and serials, as well as audio and video recordings, web pages, and software, including video games
New York Heritage Digital Collections

Subjects: History